Improvement in safety-attachments for pockets



To all whom it mag/.concern ctw-t ont it.

FREDERICK-L. nonni.; or' NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

L mm Patent No. 100,805, dared March 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY-.ATTACHMENTS FOR POCVKETS.

The `Sched/ole referred to in these Letters Patent and 'making part of the same.

Be itknownthat I, FREDERICK L. RonLL, of Northampton, inthe county of Hampshire, and State of Massaohnsett-s, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket-Lock andI do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and `exact description thereof,

which will enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this speoication.

The objectofthis invention is to provide a safeguard against pickpockets; and

It consists in arrangingv at the mouth or opening of the pocket, metallic rods, which areallowed to open and close, and are operated and adjusted by means of a sliding `ring or rings, as will be hereinafter more fully described. Y i

i In `the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represent-s the device attached to a pocket,

'as when the pocket is closed.

Figure, 2 is a view ot' the same, represcutingfthe pocket as open.

Figure 3 is a detailed view of one of the rods, showing the method of attaching the locking-rods to the cloth.` Y 4Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l In` this example of my invention the lock is seen attached to gentlemens pants, one rod t'o the body'of the pants, and the other to the pocket-Hap, both being placed at or near the opening ofthe pocket; but I do not contne myself in its use to this particular purpose, A 4 but design it for pockets in ladies dresses, and pockets in any garment to which it may he applied, or for which it may bc desirable.

. A represents the body of the pants. B is the pocket-flap.

`(l and D represent the locking-rods, one of which isy attached to each part, as seen in iig. 3, by turning each ofthe ends of each. rod atright angles, and pasgsingthe ends through a plate, E, on each side `of the cloth, andV riveting the same with the cloth F between the plates.

G represents the cloth. The two rods are connected together at their lower ends by means of a link or ring, or in any suitable manner, so that their upper ends will open and close.

H is a ring which 'slides freely on both rods. I is a larger ring, which is connected with the ring by the link J. K is a button` on the inside ofthe parts at the opening of the pocket.

When the ring is drawn up, as seen in fig. l, the

rods C D are brought together. The large ring is passed over the button K and securely fastened. No pickpocket can insert his fingers while therod's arcj in this posit-ion. v v

To 'gain access `to the pocket the ring I must be taken from the button, when the smaller ring H will slip down and allow the upper end of the rods to spread, as seen in iig. 2. Y

` L is a button-hole in the pocket flap', which may -be passed over the bottom after the ring I', and afford adi dition-al security.

The perfect protection afforded by this arrangement i against the depredations of pickpockets must be apparentto all.

- Having thus described my invention, i

` -I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent- I.V rlhe combination of rods C D, attached respectively to the opposite sides of the pocket, and turning 'on a pivot or link at `the lower end, with the sliding s ring H, the said parts being constructed and ope-rated together, as set forth.

2. The combination of rods C D, plates E E, rings I H, and link J, all constructed, arranged, and applied to the pocket and the button K, in the manner dcscribed.

` FRED. L. ROELL.

Witnesses:

GEORGE H. SMxrH, WILLIAM HANCOCK. 

